LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Folk-Boat Huckleberry Finn
Weymouth, Dorset - At 6.50 p.m.
on 29th May, 1966, a yacht reported that the folk-boat Huckleberry Finn was dismasted and adrift about eight and a half miles south east of the Shambles lightvessel.
The...
Lady of Portnablagh
Shortly before Sam on Saturday, 10 March, both Lough Swilly lifeboats were called to rescue a burning fishing vessel. Mulroy Coastguard also launched and rescued the skipper, who had abandoned the burning vessel and was in a liferaft. He was...
Sally
WELLS, NORFOLK.—On the 12th September, during a very heavy gale from the N., accompanied by a heavy sea, at 5 P.M., the fishing sloop Sally, of this port, was making for the harbour when her mainsheet and boom gave way, and she was driven on...
Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 3.—The 45-Feet 6-Inches Watson (Cabin) Type
THE 45-feet 6-inches Watson (Cabin) Motor Life-boat was the first type of Motor Life-boat in the Institution's fleet to be provided with a cabin, and the first of the type was built in 1923.
This Life-boat is a...
Category: Articles
Katherina Kolkmann (1)
TEN MEN RESCUED Dover and Dungeness, Kent. At 4.58 a.m. on 29th March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch ship, Katherina Kolkmann was in collision with the British coaster Gannet five miles south of...
Above - Pop Group Steps
Above - Pop group Steps help launch Stormforce 10 with RNLI lifeboatmen. Director Andrew Freemantle and Stormforce competition winners. - View image in PDF
Photo: © Caters News Agency Ltd.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 13th of November, 1954, the police reported that a message had been received from the R.S.P.C.A. asking if the life-boat would put out to a heifer which had fallen over a cliff into Dulas...
A Motor Cruiser
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 10.10 p.m.
on 6th October, 1966, the police informed the honorary secretary that a motor cruiser had been reported missing from Whitby harbour. On the morning ofyth October the coastguard informed the...
Two Dinghies (2)
At 10.38 p.m. on iyth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 999 call had been received from Skipsea reporting that two dinghies were unable to beach due to a heavy swell. After further enquiries had been made...
Venturess
RED FLARE At 10.35 p.m. on 29th May, 1966, the assistant honorary secretary's wife informed the honorary secretary that she had seen a red flare in the direction of the bay. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at ii o'clock in a...